Device for filling fountain-pens.



N0.74 4,521. A} PATENTED NOV. 17, 1903. L. FISK.

DEVICE FOR FILLING FOUNTAIN PENS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.18, 1903.

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Patented November 17,1903.

PATENT. OFFICE.

LYMAN FISK, OF VVQODCLIFF, NEW JERSEY.'

DEVICE FOR FILLING FOUNTAlN-PENS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 744,521, dated.November 17, 1903.

Application filed March 18,1903. Serial No. 143,874. (No model.)

clilf, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented anewand Improved Device for Filling Fountain-Pens, of

i which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to a device intended to facilitate the filling offountain-pens of various sizes. It is well known that this task isordinarily a disagreeable and difficult one.

My invention provides for the easy filling of the pen by merely holdingthe mouth of the pen-reservoir to the spout of the instrument, and uponoperating said instrument the ink is caused to flow into thepen-reservoir, all of this being effected without danger of spilling theink, as repeated operations will not overflow the pen-reservoir.

To this end the device comprises, generally stated, the spout, havingmeans for placing it in communication with the ink-bottle or othersource, and a pump for inducing the. flow of the ink. This pumpisseparate from the spout and arranged so that both the pump and spoutwill communicate separately with the interior of the pen-reservoir, sothat upon a sucking effort of the pump the air is.

partially withdrawn from the pen-reservoir, and the atmospheric pressurecauses the ink to flow through the spout into the pen reser j voir orfountain.

This specification is an exact description of one example of myinvention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both views.

, Figure 1 is aperspective View of the inven-'} tion, and Fig. 2 is asectional view thereof.

a indicates the ink-bottle or other reser-' voir therefor, and aindicates a stopper or closure. This stopper a is provided with-anair-vent I), so that atmospheric pressure may pervade the interior ofthe bottle a. c indicates the spout, the extension 0 of which is curveddownward and passed through the stopper 0!, into the bottle, as shown.

d indicates the pump, here shown in the form of a'bellows, and eindicates the nozzle thereof, this nozzle passing in parallelism withthe spout c, and the two parts a and e being inclosed by a taperedsleeve f,whichfacilitates'the hermetic connection of the penfont g withthe elements 0 and e and is adapted by its tapering form to any andevery sized pen-reservoir, being of such elastic material as to insurehermetic connection therewith.

-In the use of the invention the bellows 01 should first be compressedto expel the air therefrom, and then while the bellows is stillcompressed the pen font 9 should be engaged with the sleeve f, asillustrated, after which upon releasing the bellows the spring thereofwill cause the bellows to expand and the air from the pen-font will bewithdrawn, whereupon the atmospheric pressure on the ink in the bottle awill force the ink through the tube 0 and spout 0 into the pen.

Various changes in the form, material, proportions, and minor details ofmy invention may be resorted to at will without departing from thespirit and scope thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all suchvariations as may lie within the intent of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. A device for filling fountain-pens, comprising aspent and a nozzle formed of two non-communicating tubes, said tubesbeing in close proximity to each other at one end and diverging at theother end, and a pump in connection with the second end of one tube, thesecond end. of the other tube being capable of' introduction into theink-reservoir.

2. A device for filling fountain-pens, comprising a spout having anextension adapted to be placed in communication with the inksupply, anozzle extending alongside of the spout and having its upper endadjacent to the open end of the spout, a pump communicating with thenozzle, and a sleeve inclosing said spout and nozzle and graduallyincreasing in diameter from the open ends thereof.

3. A device for filling fountain-pens, comprising a spout having anextension adapted ,to communicate with the ink-supply, a nozzlejuxtaposed to the spout, a pump in communication with the nozzle, and asleeve inclosing the nozzle and spout and located adjacent to the openends thereof.

4. A device for filling fountain-pens, comprising: a spout having anextension adapted to communicate with the ink-supply, a nozzlejuxtaposed to the spout, a pump in communication with the nozzle, and asleeve inclosing the nozzle and spout and located adjacent to the openends thereof, the said sleeve being gradually increased in diameter fromthe open ends of the spout and nozzle, whereby to facilitate theconnection of the pen barrel or fountain.

5. A device for filling fountain-pens, comprising a stopper adapted tobe attached to the ink-bottle and having a vent therein, a spout havingan extension passed through the stopper to enter the bottle, a nozzlejuxtaposed to the spout, and a pumpin communication With the nozzle.

6. A device for filling fountain-pens, comprising a stopper adapted tobe attached to the ink-bottle and having a vent therein, a spout havingan extension passed through the stopper to enter the bottle, a nozzlejuxtaposed to the spout, a pumpin communication with the nozzle, and asleeve inclosing the nozzle and spout adjacent to their open ends, tofacilitate the connection of the pen-font with the nozzle and spout.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LYMAN FISK.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH B. BRAMAN, WILLIAM AHEARN.

